Does hawthorn work for food accumulation?

Hawthorn can be used for treating carnivorous food accumulation, but whether it works or not is mainly determined by the patient’s condition and the patient’s physical tolerance, and the symptomatic treatment can receive good curative effect. Hawthorn is sour, sweet and slightly warm in nature. It belongs to spleen, stomach and liver meridians. It has the effect of eliminating food and strengthening stomach (promoting food digestion and strengthening the function of stomach and internal organs), promoting qi and dispersing blood stasis, resolving turbidity and lowering fat (cleansing the body of dirty and turbid substances and reducing the excess fat in the body). Hawthorn is mainly used for meat and food stagnation, stomach and epigastric distension, diarrhea and abdominal pain, blood stasis and menstrual closure, postpartum stasis, heart and abdominal stabbing pain, chest paralysis (chest tightness and pain), heart pain, hernia pain, hyperlipidemia and so on. Jiao Shanzha has increased the effect of eliminating food stagnation (promoting food digestion), and is used for stagnation of meat and food, diarrhea and dysentery. It should be noted that people with weak spleen and stomach should take it with caution. It is recommended that treatment be carried out under the guidance of a doctor.